NOTE: This will be the last generation of descendants that I will post online, as even this generation is quite big. Also, there are a number of living descendants among the 3X great grandchildren of Loyalists John Adams and wife Sarah Coley. For those families in which there are living children, their names will not be included in the family sketch.
There are many descendants for whom I can find no further information, especially with more stringent privacy laws in Canada. If it is possible that a “lost” person might be living, that information will also be omitted from the family sketch.
These family sketches will be posted in groups organized under each of the children of John and Sarah (Coley) Adams based on the birth order of those children.
Today’s sketches cover the descendants of John and Sarah (Coley) Adams’ granddaughter, Charlotte Maria Segee, youngest child of their daughter Hannah (Adams) Segee.
Annie M. Morrill (William Fradsham Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born September 1864, New Brunswick, Canada; died 1955, Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married John Quincy Adams Higgins, 27 November 1884, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Children of John Quincy Adams and Annie M. (Morrill) Higgins:
- Carrie Isabelle, born 7 April 1886, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 10 September 1981, San Carlos, San Mateo, California, but buried in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Amos Sanborn, 25 June 1907, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Lalia May, May 1888, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 30 August 1949, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Theodore Patterson Cook, 2 April 1912, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Clarence Adams, born 6 November 1895, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 15 December 1966, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; married Gertrude T. (MNU), c1937
- Marion, born 7 November 1899, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusets; died 1950, probably Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, where she is buried; unmarried
John B. Morrill (William Fradsham Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born c1866, New Brunswick, Canada; died 17 December 1950, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Ida May Irish, 28 November 1900, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Children of John B. and Ida May (Irish) Morrill:
- Gertrude Vera, born 20 July 1901, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 12 October 1984, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Richard Brendan Carr, 29 November 1922, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- Albert L., born 20 March 1905, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 21 March 1905, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
William Anderson Morrill (William Fradsham Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born 5 February 1874, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 13 August 1939, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; married Ethylinda Newton, 24 September 1895, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Children of William Anderson and Ethylinda (Newton) Morrill:
- Everett Elverdo, born 22 August 1898, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 28 July 1957, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; married Mildred L. Everberg, 17 April 1920, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire
- Bertha Elvira, born 6 December 1899, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 26 March 1988, North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; married Raymond John Bradbury, 18 October 1924, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Rutherford Burchard Hayes Morrill (William Fradsham Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born 12 September 1876, Calais, Washingotn, Maine; died 4 July 1958, Los Angeles County, California; married Lillie Christine Jenkins, 23 June 1897, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Children of Rutherford Burchard Hayes and Lillie Christine (Jenkins) Morrill:
- Beatrice, born 7 April 1898, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- Bernice, born 13 August 1899, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died April 1987, Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona; married Leslie Ethelbert Montrose, 25 November 1931, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- Paul Rutherford, born 26 March 1901, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died 26 April 1964, Los Angeles, County, California; married Erma L. Whitley, 30 August 1922, Los Angeles County, California
Arthur Eldridge Morrill (William Fradsham Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born 5 August 1880, Calais, Washington, Maine; died after 1940, probably in Masssachusetts; married Marie Elizabeth Schlief, 23 June 1907, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. There is a birth record for Arthur in Calais, Maine, but there are also two birth registrations for him in Boston. Both state he was born inCalais, but one date is 5 August 1880 and the other 5 September 1881. Calais records show 5 August 1880.
Child of Arthur Eldridge and Marie Elizabeth (Schlief) Morrill:
- Arthur Eldridge, born 1910, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 14 May 1968, Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut; married Ruby Olson, 28 March 1952, Bridgeport, Fairfiled, Connecticut
John William Morrill (Duncan Robertson Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born July 1867, New Brusnwick, Canada; died 1940, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; married Ellen Maud Russell, 2 September 1903, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Child of John W. and Ellen Maud (Russell) Morrill:
- Duncan Russell, born 7 August 1907, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 8 October 1975, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married Violet Erma Gibson, 1934, Massachusetts
Harriet Douglas Morrill (Duncan Robertson Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born 22 June 1872, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 1951, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married George Lester Bishop, 19 December 1892, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Children of George Lester and Harriet Douglas (Morrill) Bishop:
- George Lester, born 28 October 1893, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 29 January 1981, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married Emiline Caroline Doherty, 27 February 1919, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- Harry Duncan, born 6 February 1896, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 11 August 1969, Massachusetts, but buried Arlington, Virginia; married Margaret Catherine Kussmaul, 1 September 1924, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- Susan Beatrice, born 31 August 1898, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died after 1940, when she was at home and unmarried
- Dorothy M., born 30 May 1911, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 23 January 2011, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married George Streun, 1935, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Jessie May Morrill (Duncan Robertson Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born 30 November 1881, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died about 23 February 1955, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk, Massachusetts; married Walter Edward Littlehale, 16 August 1903, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Children of Walter Edward and Jessie May (Morrill) Littlehale:
- Ethel Clair, born 1913, Massachusetts; died 19 December 2010, place unknown; married (1) George Downey, 10 April 1937, Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire (2) Unknown Reed
- Robert Walter, born 12 December 1922, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 29 July 1992, Ventura County, California; married Shirley Evelyn Peterson, 1941, Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire. It appears he also went by Robert Walter Lanergan.
Harry Biggs Morrill (Duncan Robertson Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born 4 July 1887, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died after 1940 when he and Eliza were living in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Eliza J. Roach, 13 September 1908, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Children of Harry Biggs and Eliza J. (Roach) Morrill:
- Elsie May, born 17 February 1911, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 8 February 2000, Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts; married (1) Frances M. McKenna, 1933, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (2) Joseph Sicurella. Elsie had no children.
- Jessie Louise, born 2 March 1916, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 15 January 1994, Fort Myers, Lee, Florida; married (1) Milton Frederic Schomburg, between 1930-1940 and divorced by 1940 when she lived with Elsie and her husband in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (2) Lou Provost, before June 1965
Charles M. Morrill (John Henry Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born April 1868, New Brunswick, Canada; died after 1930, when he lived in West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts with the family of his third wife; married (1) Nellie Agnes Penney, 23 May 1892, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts (2) Rosa M. Gagnier, 4 March 1899, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts (3) Martha E. Hudson, 10 April 1904, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts.
Children of Charles M. and Nellie Agnes (Penney) Morrill:
- Frank Crocker, born 17 November 1895, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 10 January 1969, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; married Lillian M. Peterson, 19 June 1920, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
- John Henry, born 9 August 1897, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 22 July 1980, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts; married Hallie May Hardy, 14 August 1921, Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts
Child of Charles M. and Rosa M. (Gagnier) Morrill:
- Mary Edith, born 9 September 1899, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; died 18 February 1995, probably Massachusetts; married Percy Palmer, 1923, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Charlotte Rigby Morrill (John Henry Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born January 1872, New Brunswick, Canada; died November 1958, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts;; married (1) Frederick Wellington MacDonald, 29 November 1888, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts (2) Charles R. Marshall, 27 July 1904, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Children of Frederick Wellington and Charlotte Rigby (Morrill) MacDonald:
1. Albert Henry Earl, born 14 July 1891, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; died 24 February 1979, Hyannis, Barnstable, Massachusetts; married Ethel Martina Newell, 24 July 1915, Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine
2. Ernest Frederick, born 13 March 1894, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; died 9 March 1958, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire; married (1) Elsie May Blanchard, 19 August 1916, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; separated or divorced by 1930 (2) June MacLellan, 22 June 1948, Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire
3. Leroy Wellington, born 27 May 1896, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; died 17 September 1951, Essex County, Massachusetts; married Nellie Marion Perley, 17 June 1920, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
4. Edith Maud, born 4 August 1898, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1972, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; married Forrest Arthur Short, 2 November 1918, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
5. Hazel May, born 20 July 1900, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died January 1969, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; married George Haines Page, 10 March 1920, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
6. John William, born 14 May 1902, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 26 October 1946, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire; married Marie Sara Louise Irene Simes, 17 July 1925, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Children of Charles R. and Charlotte Rigby (Morrill) Marshall:
- Olive Rebecca, born 20 April 1905, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1955, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts; married Harold Hardy Henderson, c1932, probably Essex County, Massachusetts
- Ruth Sylvia, born 24 July 1909, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died July 1974, Massachusetts; married George S. Wright, after 1940, probably Essex County, Massachusetts
- Charles Rupert, born 10 August 1911, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1948, probably West Essex, Newbury, Massachusetts; married Dorothy Marion Ambrose, 24 April 1941, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
- Charlotte Rigby, born 17 October 1913, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 25 January 1984, Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married (1) Arthur John Carey, c1944, probably Massachusetts (2) Unknown Tenhope, after 1951, probably Massachusetts
Harry Duncan Morrill (John Henry Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born about 30 January 1875/76, New Brunswick, Canada; died 7 April 1966, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; married Stella H. Lamprey, 14 December 1896, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. By 1910, Stella was an inmate at Worcester State Hospital, Massachusetts. Stella died in 1927 of TB. Harold and their sons were living with his family.
Children of Harry Duncan and Stella H. (Lamprey) Morrill:
- Harold Duncan, born 5 August 1900, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; died 12 October 1961, Essex County, Massachusetts; married (1) Gladys Mae Whittier, about 15 April 1926, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts (2) Ernestyne Franciska Reich, 20 May 1942, District of Columbia
- Frederick Luther Morton, born 17 August 1902, Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts; died 27 January 1965, probably Worcester County, Massachusetts; married Helen L. (MNU), 1938, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Fred had a stepson, but no children of his own.
Alice Maud Morrill (John Henry Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born 4 January 1878, New Brunswick, Canada; died 7 October 1913, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; married Charles Albert Gowen, 4 June 1901, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. Charles and Alice divorced by 1910, when she lived back at home with her parents and extended family.
Children of Charles Albert and Alice Maud (Morrill) Gowen:
- George Frederick, born 8 May 1903, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; died 7 November 1978, Edgewood, Harford, Maryland; married (1) Iris Sanborn, 1926, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts (2) Doris Louise (Brocklebank) Sylvester, 25 July 1949, Plaistow, Rockingham,New Hampshire
- Mary Alice, born 20 May 1905, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died after 1956; married Peter Borisk, 26 May 1956, Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Marriage records staes both were divorced, but Mary is living with family and called single in censuse 1920-1940.
Robert Benjamin Morrill (John Henry Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born 3 May 1880, New Brunswick, Canada; death date not found; married (1) Ida May Lane, 6 June 1900, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; divorced (2) Maud L. Perkins, 30 November 1918, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire (3) Florence D. (MNU), before 1940.
Child of Robert Benjamin and Ida May (Lane) Morrill:
- Cecil Soule, born 9 February 1901, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; died July 1964, probably Essex County, Massachusetts; married Evelyn Beatrice Bourgeois, 11 August 1935, Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Cecil Trevor Morrill (John Henry Morrill4, Charlotte Maria Segee3, Hannah2, John1) was born 31 May 1882, New Brunswick, Canada; died 1962, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; married (1) Alice Ruby Kennedy, 19 April 1902, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts (2) Mabel S. Gorwaiz, 4 January 1916, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (3) Anna M. Hanaway, 14 April 1923, Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Child of Cecil Trevor and Alice Ruby (Kennedy) Morrill:
- Cecil Trevor, born 16 January 1903, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 22 September 1903, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Children of Cecil Trevor and Mabel S. (Gorwaiz) Morrill:
- George Thomas, born 19 August 1917, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; died 31 August 1972, probably Massachusetts; married Annie Mary Sofie Peterson, 1940, Tyngsboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- John Henry, born 13 February 1920, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; died 11 October 2003, probably Massachusetts; married Alice C. Osgood, 1946, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts
Children of Cecil Trevor and Mary Anna (Hanaway) Morrill:
- Robert Benjamin, born 16 August 1926, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 13 June 2004, probably Massachusetts; married Dorothy Jean Farley, after 1950
- Olive Catherine, born 22 September 1929, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 30 April 2010, Newfoundland, Canada; married Walter J. Barowy, 1950, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts
- David William, born 19 July 1932, West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, Massachusetts; died 26 February 2001, Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland; married Marjorie Sue Canipe, after 1950
- Paul Howard, born 6 September 1935, Massachusetts; died 30 December 2012, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; married (1) Mary X. Dillon, c1960 (2) Marian J. [King?]
- Cecilia Ann, born 1937, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; died after 1950
This completes the 3X great grandchildren of Loyalists John and Sarah (Coley) Adams through their daughter Hannah.